Psychology

Assessment

PAPER 1: CORE (SL AND HL) – ASSESSMENT METHOD = EXAM SHORT ANSWERS/ESSAY PAPER 2: OPTIONS (2 FOR HL) – ASSESSMENT METHOD = EXAM ESSAY INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (COURSEWORK) Experimental study written up as a 2200 word assignment comprising of background academic research, data collection, data analysis, interpretation and critical analysis. This is completed in 20 hours of lesson time, plus an independent pupil write-up. RESEARCH METHODS (HL ONLY) Approaches to researching behaviour – assessment method – an ‘unseen’ stimulus material explains a study. Pupils are given a series of static short questions to answer.